19 August

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Events on this day in the life of Manfred von Richthofen

MvR writes from France

Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein – Berlin, 1937.??p. 14??

19 August 1914
Aus Frankreich (Virton?)
Virton

“Dear Mum, I received your last letter in Ostrowo dated 4 August. The field post doesn’t seem to be working very well. I write to you almost every day and always hope that the connection from me to you is better than the other way round. We Uhlans are unfortunately assigned to the infantry; I say unfortunately because Lothar has certainly already taken part in great cavalry battles, the likes of which we will hardly ever see. I am sent out on patrol a lot and am doing my best to come back with the Iron Cross. I think it will be another eight to fourteen days before we fight a big battle. “Antithesis is doing just great. He’s building out, ironclad, calm, jumping every Koppelrick and really doing everything as if he’s done nothing else so far, not getting leaner but fatter.‘’

General Ludendorff visits Markebeke

Jagd in Flanderns Himmel, Karl Bodenschatz, Verlag Knorr & Hirth München, 1935??p. ??

19 August 1917
Markebeke
Marke

“On 19 August, General Ludendorff comes to visit to see the most daring pilots in the German army and to shake their hands. He can also take this opportunity to see the newly arrived triplanes, which every fighter pilot has been eagerly awaiting and which make an excellent impression.”

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